diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
index 9f47abfefd0..f3709f6535d 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/components/status.js
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ export default class Status extends ImmutablePureComponent {
               sensitive={status.get('sensitive')}
               letterbox={settings.getIn(['media', 'letterbox'])}
               fullwidth={settings.getIn(['media', 'fullwidth'])}
+              preventPlayback={isCollapsed || !isExpanded}
               onOpenVideo={this.handleOpenVideo}
             />)}
           </Bundle>
diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/video/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/video/index.js
index 7e284a0bc3b..44aba797ca2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/video/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/video/index.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export default class Video extends React.PureComponent {
     fullwidth: PropTypes.bool,
     detailed: PropTypes.bool,
     inline: PropTypes.bool,
+    preventPlayback: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   };
 
@@ -215,6 +216,12 @@ export default class Video extends React.PureComponent {
     document.removeEventListener('MSFullscreenChange', this.handleFullscreenChange, true);
   }
 
+  componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
+    if (this.video && this.state.revealed && this.props.preventPlayback && !prevProps.preventPlayback) {
+      this.video.pause();
+    }
+  }
+
   handleFullscreenChange = () => {
     this.setState({ fullscreen: isFullscreen() });
   }